This is the week the strike vote is due from your Locals. IF you want to give your bargaining team the power to resist the Companys outrageous demands and have a good shot at maintaining good benefits and working conditions, make sure you give them a strong YES vote and keep building your mobilization activities.
Each Local should be creating strike picket duty assignments. Officers, if you have not completed MRF training, reach out to your District Staff person ASAP to schedule it.
Locals are finding new and creative ways to beat back the Companys dress code proposal. In addition to turning in branded apparel to your supervisor, or hanging it out on the line at Union Halls and garages, many workers have begun the Ban the Razor campaign; growing beards and mustaches before AT&T tries to ban facial hair as part of their ridiculous dress policy.
We are still in the spring cleaning mode, so if you havent requested to see your personnel file, make sure to do that soon. We have a right to revi